EHC Japan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Escalator Handrail Company Inc., is pleased to report that its revolutionary new NT2000 handrail product was approved for use by Hitachi late last year.

"Hitachi spent more than 6 months carefully scrutinizing the product and have come back to us with phenomenally favorable results." says EHC Japan's General Manager Patrick Bothwell.

"Hitachi's linear-drive handrail test methodology is the most stringent in our industry - product validation at this level has us all very excited!" continues Bothwell.

NT2000 significantly outlasted conventional rubber handrail on the Hitachi test. Hitachi's first orders for the product were placed the first week of January and were promptly delivered from EHC's state-of-the-art splicing facility in Yokohama.

ABOUT EHC:
EHC is the world's largest producer of escalator handrails. Founded by Ron Ball in 1977, EHC's head office is located in Oshawa, Canada and supplies handrails all over the world via several Quick Service Depots and four manufacturing facilities (in Canada, USA, Germany and China). Find EHC handrails on escalators around the world including: Euro Disney, Trump Tower, JFK Airport, LAX Airport, Narita Airport, Singapore Mass Transit, Japan Rail West, London Underground and the Pentagon and China subways.

CONTACT:
Tonya Kraan, Communications & Promotions Manager
EHC, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: (905)432-6600 x217 Fax: (905)432-2906